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☆ Exclusive: State Department officials told House investigators they created Afghanistan withdrawal plans from scratch
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Kylie Atwood | Jennifer Hansler | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The State Department has continued to publicly defend its decision making around the NEO as well as the ending of the war. Milley and retired Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, who were in charge of the US military during the withdrawal, blamed the State Department for not ordering a NEO sooner. The State Department officials did not weigh in on whether calling a NEO sooner would have had a substantial impact, as this would have preceded their arrival in Afghanistan. Although the State Department has faced sharp criticism from the Defense Department – most recently in a congressional hearing with retired Gens. Coordination with the militaryAnd on the ground, as they grappled with the frenzied and fluid situation, State Department officials and service members at Hamid Karzai International Airport were regularly coordinating.

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☆ Trump taunts GOP rivals as legal clouds loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But without any obvious threat to his dominance of the GOP field, Trump is embracing brash tactics such as belittling his opponents and fundraising off of his possible court appearances. In the latest update to the CNN Poll of Polls on the race, from before the second GOP debate, Trump holds an average of 58% support, Florida Gov. Trump wants to be in her head,” he said, alluding to Haley. This goes back so long ago and it’s just Trump being Trump.”What’s different this year is the bevy of indictments and serious legal woes threatening Trump. In the first six months of 2023, Trump’s joint fundraising committee took in more than $53 million.

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“But artificial surfaces are acceptable for our own players,” Howell said. The NFLPA in April pointed to studies from 2012-22 that it says show a significant increase in non-contact injuries on artificial surfaces vs. grass fields. He said some artificial surfaces are softer, creating more wobble when the foot hits the ground. It's for the good of the players & the game itself.”A new artificial surface was installed this year at MetLife Stadium. The Titans cited NFL data that put Nissan Stadium among the league leaders for games with players having lower-body injuries.

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☆ Donald Trump will appear Thursday in the DC federal courthouse – the same place over 1,000 US Capitol rioters have faced justice
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Tierney Sneed Hannah Rabinowitz Katelyn Polantz | Tierney Sneed | Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Trump is scheduled to appear before a magistrate judge on four criminal charges related to his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. More than 1,000 Trump supporters who participated in the Capitol breach have also gone through the motions of a first appearance hearing that the former president will go through himself. Bill HennessyMetropolitan and US Capitol police officers are regularly seen in the building, often to appear as witnesses. But Chutkan’s sentences for January 6 rioters stand out as notably tough among the district court’s, according to data provided by the Justice Department. The defendant in that case, she remarked, “did not go to the United States Capitol out of any love for our country.

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☆ Homes in White neighborhoods are being appraised at higher values than in communities of color, new report finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Nicquel Terry Ellis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Homes in predominately White neighborhoods are being assessed at twice the value of homes in communities of color with comparable amenities, according to a new report released Wednesday. Some families also had White friends stand in for them during the appraisal to get a higher value. The report, titled “Appraised: The Persistent Evaluation of White Neighborhoods as More Valuable Than Communities of Color,” notes that the racial inequities were exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, which resulted in an unprecedented rise in home values. “Home value inequalities are the result of appraisal practices that elevate White spaces as the most valuable. Howell said the method being used by appraisers gives them the authority to determine a home’s value and what they consider a comparable neighborhood.

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